Brethren, you must live as Paul did, you must appreciate life as he did, if you would desire death as he did. You must acquaint yourselves with CHRIST by study and meditation, by the Spirit’s invoked aid. You must think of a living LORD as well as of a dead Saviour. You must have reference in all your ways, not only to the first advent and to the last, but, also, and I would even say chiefly, to the constant advent. You must have come to perceive that the promise is fulfilled, “Lo, I am with you alway.” You must endure as seeing Him who is invisible. You must carry CHRIST about with you. You must do all to the glory of Him, felt to be near, to be served and glorified. When you would go anywhither, your first thought must be, “Will CHRIST accompany me? Except thy presence go with me, O LORD, carry me not up hence.” When you have aught to do or suffer, your realisation of a near and available helper must make you begin with the prayer, “O LORD, raise up thy power and come among us, and with great might succour us.” Gratitude for benefits provided so long ago will never prompt you to render due Christian service, vague expectation of inconceivable joys will never quicken your steps Zionwards. You must know CHRIST, feel Him, converse with Him, depend on Him, and then, while you enjoy the life here, you will yet yearn for a place and a condition where you can have perfectly and uninterruptedly what now for so many reasons you have but in small part, and, “Thy kingdom come,” “Even so, come, LORD JESUS,” will be your fervent and frequent prayers.